2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." the violence intensifies in the middle east for the sixth straight day. president obama defends israel's right to self-defense. our correspondents have tlatest from the war zones. could the woman at the center of the petraeus scandal now face prosecution? those red light cameras that target drivers may actually be against the wall. we begin with today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> israel launched new strikes this morning. attacks enter their sixth day. >> israeli air strikes pound gaza. >> still blasting away at rocket sites. plenty of civilians caught in the cross-fire. >> also two media centers -- whoa! that was a rather large explosion. hamas leaders demanding israel and its blockade of gaza.

>> it's looking more and more like everybody's looking for a way out. the question is in a region like this, can they find one? this morning the president game the first american president to visit the asian nation of burma. >> mr. obama met with pro-democracy activist aung san suu kyi at the same lakeside villa where she spent 15 years under house arrest. paula broadwell at the center of the david petraeus scandal has come out of hiding. >> friends telling the associated press broadwell deeply regrets the damage done and is trying to move forward. a group of fisherman in the gulf of mexico caught a deadly oil rig explosion on camera. >> look at that! shoppers are already lining up to gobble up black friday deals. >> everybody keeps coming earlier and earlier and earlier. a rare gigantic waterspout whipped up the water off australia. >> all that -- >> look out! he gets sacked big time. baltimore ravens have put themselves in tremendous shape in the afc north. >> the american music award goes to --

>> justin bieber! >> this is for all the haters. >> and all that matters. >> vice president joe biden got a firsthand look at the devastation from superstorm sandy. >> we're not going anywhere. and you've got a home boy. >> on th"cbs this morning." >> you have been wearing that fleece a lot. >> it's basically fused to my skin at this point. >> i have seen you wearing suits. >> i wear them over the fleece. suits. >> i wear them over the fleece. i'm going to die in this fleece. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." as you're waking up on the west coast, there are reports of a possible cease-fire between israel and hamas. although there are no indications it has taken effect or even been agreed upon. >> there were new attacks overnight. throughout the evening we've been covering both sides of the border. allen pizzey in ashkelon in israel. >> reporter: the rocket that managed to evade the iron dome

interception center came through this bit of cement. it penetrated and landed there. this is the entrance to a school. but no one was hurt because fortunately the kids weren't here. all children within a 25-mile radius of the gaza border had been told to stay at home. this facility, however, is being used as a logistics base for the so-called home guard, soldiers and military people who look after this particular area. it's doubtful the guys who fired the rocket knew that. the damage was caused by a grant missile. a battlefield weapon that cannot be aimed accurately. the israelis believe they have significantly reduced the number of launchers, but admit they can't eliminate all of them from the air. israeli troops and armor are still poised to push into gaza and prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned on sunday the military is prepared to significantly expand the operation. but he doesn't have a lot of popular support for that. according to a poll by the newspaper haaretz, 90% of

israelis back the war against gaza, but barely 30% are in favor of a ground invasion. diplomatic pressure is also mounting. president obama and other pes te western lyse eaders have cautio against it. civilian casualties will cost israel support from the international community. israeli president shimon peres acknowledged as much. >> i hope it will bring and end to this strange and inhumane war. >> reporter: war is being conducted on other battlefields as well. the israeli government website has been hit with 44 million hacking attacks since the shooting war broke out. only one of them was briefly successful. that's insignificant in cyber space, but on the ground, it only takes one hit to matter. allen pizzey, cbs news, ashkelon, southern israel. now the other side of gaza where residents are facing daily missile strikes that are getting deadlier by the day.

charlie d'agata is live in gaza city. >> reporter: good morning to you, yes. all night long israeli fighter jets and avynavy warship continued a relentless attack. we were able to survey some of the damage driving around the city. there was police headquarters, two buildings that were completely leveled. we were also able to go to the hospital. we saw wounded, injured people on the way in. but we saw many more bodies leaving the hospitals on the way to the cemetery. it included some of the children that were hit in yesterday's air strike. now, the israelis will say they're hitting legitimate targets here, and they have hit legitimate targets here. but they're also hitting private residences, too. that's what's caused so much anger and despair and really hysteria in the scenes outside the hospital today. >> charlie d'agata in gaza city,

thanks. there's new pressure for egypt to step up and negotiate an end to the current round of fighting. this morning there are conflicting reports out of cairo that israel and gaza could be close to a truce. clarissa ward is in the egyptian capital. good morning, clarissa. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. the egyptian president morsi has said repeatedly he hopes to announce a cease-fire agreement imminently. but cbs news has spoken to a source very close to the hamas delegation here in cairo. they said that so far these talks are not going anywhere. now, one of the reasons for that may be that hamas is making some pretty big demands in exchange for stopping its rocket attacks on israel. primarily it wants an end to the israeli blockade of the gaza strip. israel unlikely to budge on that issue because of fears that lifting the blockade would lead to an influx of weapons that could get into the hands of militants inside gaza. as you said, u.n. secretary

general ban ki-moon is on his way to cairo now for talks as diplomatic efforts here really intensify to try to stop this conflict from escalating to a point of no return. >> clarissa ward, thank you. president obama is monitoring the troops' efforts during his visit to southeast asia. he arrived in cambodia, the first time a u.s. president has visited there. earlier mr. obama became the first american president to visit burma as well. following decades of repressive rule. mr. obama says he sees signs of progress on human rights. bill plante reports from rangoon, burma. >> reporter: good morning. the president is visiting three countries in southeast asia to underscore that the u.s. intends to be a major player in this region. but he's dubbed by troubles in another part of the world where the u.s. can't avoid involvement. the president embraced democracy advocate and nobel peace prize winner aung san suu kyi and celebrated the beginnings of democratic reform in this nation

which was long under military rule. but mr. obama's triumphant visit here is shadowed by the continuing violence in the middle east. in thailand earlier he called for a negotiated end to that conflict. but he strongly defended israel's right to act against the missiles from gaza. >> there's no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. so we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend itself from missiles landing on people's homes. >> reporter: the president warned that further escalation would push the possibility of peace talks far into the future. white house sources tell cbs news that the president is being advised regularly by his secretary of state and national security adviser. they're traveling with him. they are talking to their counterparts in israel and to hamas through egypt. and urging a cease-fire.

for "cbs this morning," this is bill plante in rangoon. >> david ignatius writes about the middle east in his "washington post" column. good morning, david. hamas, according to all that we can learn, are emboldened by this because they believe they have new allies in egypt. how will a cease-fire come about? >> a cease-fire will only come about if egypt and turkey, another strategic ally of hamas often, agree to exert pressure on hamas to accept conditions that would lead to a cessation of hostilities. and i think that's what's going to be the most interesting test for all of us to watch. is the new egypt headed by the muslim brotherhood president mohammed morsi prepared to be a stabilizing force in the region or is it going to move as its ideology might suggest toward an ever more militant stance bringing its basic peace alignment with israel into question? i think one worrisome fact that

was in the excellent reports from your correspondents was the lack of support in israel for a ground invasion. prime minister netanyahu is threatening hamas, if you don't come to the table and agree to stop firing missiles, we will invade you. yet hamas surely can watch television and knows how unpopular that invasion would be with the israeli public which limits netanyahu's options. >> on the other hand there's a question of whether president netanyahu has other things that he can do. and who will come to his side in trying to say to the hamas, you know, you face certain kinds of pressures unless you stop the rocket fire. >> the united states has played its hand certainly in a way that -- that helps netanyahu. the u.s., president obama said personally from the beginning, that the cause of this conflict is hamas rocket attacks on israel. and the intolerable suffering that that causes for israeli

population. so he's squarely placed the blame on hamas. at the same time, obama has been working with his contacts in the region. he's been on the phone to president morsi in egypt, to the prime minister in turkey. now we see the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon heading to cairo. all these diplomatic efforts are also being brought into play. i think, again, it will come down to whether egypt is prepared to exert leverage and pay some capital with its own militant wing to bring hamas into some kind of cease-fire. >> and can the u.s. use as a stick in this diplomacy the billions of dollars in aid that we give to egypt? >> conceivably, that would be possible, norah. i think the u.s. has been very reluctant to play that card so far. one reason we continue to be able to talk to morsi and to talk to the new egypt is that we haven't made each move a trigger

for the withdrawal of aid. i think they'd be reluctant to do that. certainly if egypt moves radically toward the hamas position, breaking off the possibility of negotiations that's going to have repercussions. i hear there's a lot of anxiety about the egyptian position. in other mideast related news, former cia director david petraeus told a congressional panel on friday that the cia knew an al qaeda connected group was, in fact, behind the benghazi, libya attack. now lawmakers want to know why officials continued to publicly insist the assault was part of a spontaneous protest. margaret brennan is in washington with the very latest. good morning, margaret. >> good morning to you, norah and charlie. al qaeda's role in the attack on the u.s. mission was considered classified information by the intelligence community. lawmakers now want to know who made the decision to remove references to terrorism from speaking points given to u.n. ambassador susan rice and the congress. >> what is most disturbing in my

estimation is the discrepancy about those talking points. >> reporter: on sunday lawmakers were asking why references to terrorism were removed from guidance given to congress and ambassador rice. at odds with the initial assessment of the cia. >> somewhere after it left the intelligence community, somewhere in the administration there was very vital language taken out. >> we are going to find out who made changes in the original statement. >> reporter: congress says the public had the right to know what the cia and white house did. instead, ambassador susan rice, five days after the attack, said it was the result of a spontaneous protest. in a statement released to cbs news, a senior u.s. official familiar with the drafting of the talking points took ownership in part of those changes. saying it was an issue of what could be declassified. quote, the unclassified talking points were drafted by the cia and reflected what it believed at that point in time. people assumed that it was apparent in this context that extremists who attack u.s.

facilities and kill americans are by definition terrorists. the war over susan rice's words are complicating her likely nomination to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. she is the white house's first choice for the position. senator john mccain publicly opposed that nomination. now he says he may reconsider if rice meets certain conditions. >> maybe she could start out by publicly coming back on this show and saying, i was wrong. >> a number of democratic senators defended ambassador rice. intel committee chair dianne feinstein says rice is a victim of character assassination. we do have more hearings on benghazi planned. secretary clinton is likely to testify in december. >> margaret brennan, thanks. paula broadwell and her family arrived home in north carolina this weekend with questions about her affair with general petraeus and her possession of classified material still swirling around capitol hill. senior correspondent john miller, former fbi national intelligence official, joins us

with the latest on the fbi and the president of justice investigations. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. we spoke a friend of the broadwell family who told us they were overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from neighbors. 25 of them came over with all kinds of food and kind of set up camp there. on the home front it looks like things are coming back together. on the legal front there's a little more concern. let's go through the mechanics here. when this starts out, the agents get the stalking complaint and instead of waiting to get through the case and then bring it to a prosecutor, right at the beginning, because they see who this might involve, they go to an assistant u.s. attorney and say, if we go through with this, is there a prosecution your office would go forward with? and that tampa office says yes. then the special agent in charge of the tampa office reviews the case. he says this involves some big names. some interesting possibilities. let's kick this up a level. he brings it to robert o'neill.

robert o'neill is the u.s. attorney, the chief federal prosecutor for the central district of florida. interesting guy. born in the bronx. not your average tampa fwi. manhattan district attorney's office, nyu law. he looks at it and he says, if a case comes out of this we will prosecute. now this circles back. the fbi will write up everything they found. they'll bring it to o'neill. his office will review it. his assistants will review it. and because of the classified documents found in the first computer, classified documents found in the second computer in that search warrant we just looked at on video and the stalking charge, they're going to do a wholistic review right from start to finish and say, what are the potential laws broken? does it meet the statute? they'll come to one of two decisions. they'll write up a declamation or they'll say these are the potential charges and talk ability a plea agreement with the lawyer. all of that will go from bob o'neill's office in tampa to doj in washington and probably all

the way up to the attorney general. >> i have a couple questions. have they been able to determine that they think some of these documents she had on her computer were classified and the type that would -- they're not old documents she just used in prepares her biography of petraeus? >> whether it's classified and old or classified yesterday doesn't matter. it's still classified. one of the things she has going for her in this legal argument is she has a secret -- she has a security clearance from the government because of her military time. that's also working against her because to get that you have to be trained in the handling of classified documents. that means you know you can't have them at home. you can't have them on your computer. >> thank you, john. time now to show you some of the morning'shoodlines. "wall street journal" reports american companies are scaling back their investment plan at the fastest pace since the recession. 20 of the nation's largest publicly traded corporate spenders are cutting back on capital expentdtures, investment, equipment and software installed in the first quarter for the first time since 2009. "usa today" reports thanksgiving weekend is one of the deadliest on u.s. highways. drivers are likely to be more

drowsy or have been drinking or traveling on unfamiliar roads. 90% of thanksgiving travelers will travel by automobile. the miami herald celebrates nascar's sprint cup champion. newcomer brad keselowski hoisted the trophy after sunday's race at the homestead miami speedway. the 28-year-old i

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if you have ever seen the "twilight" movies you know the popular vampire movies can be violent and gory. a young man was arrested for allegedly trying to shoot "twilight" movie goers over the weekend inspired by the shooting at a colorado theater in june. a look at these copy cat crimes. your local news is next. arrest for a violent crime spree >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. good morning, everyone. 7:26 is your time. i'm frank mallicoat.

get you caught up with some bay area headlines right now. one murder suspect under arrest for a violent crime spree in san jose on friday night. but his accomplice is on the run. there is a $10,000 reward out there now to capture him. >> this morning chevron will update bay area air quality officials about repairs at the richmond refinery after an august fire. chevron says it will cut back on its emissions. shoppers already in line to be first in the door at the store in pinole with black friday sales opening up at this best buy. they are camping out at the store and plan to stay there through thanksgiving night. traffic and weather on a quiet monday coming up after the break. ,,,,,,,,

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slow as you leave the pay gates on the right side of your screen. eastbound 92 still looks okay as you head towards hayward. elsewhere the nimitz 880 through oakland, looks good past the oakland coliseum. and up towards downtown. and bay bridge is backed up through the maze. that is traffic. for your forecast here's lawrence. >> all right. we have a few clouds in our skies this morning early on. a little sunshine peeking through, as well. i think a nice day for most of us outside. overlooking san jose right now, the temperatures running in the 40s and 50s for the most part. i think toward the afternoon, still a lot of clouds moving overhead a lot of mild temperatures mainly into the 60s. tomorrow a return of rain late in the day and tomorrow night, drying out for wednesday. ,,,,,,

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reporters who put themselves in danger by walking into the hurricane. we don't need you to tell us there is a hurricane. we have windows. >> thanks for coming. >> if i can conclude with a line from a famous new jersey poet. everything dies, baby, that's a fact, but everything that dies one day comes back, put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty and meet me in atlantic city. [ cheers and applause ] >> i don't know if i would call him a poet. >> you're right. he's a saint. >> you're right. governor chris christie, everyone. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." the final installment of the twilight movie series took in more than $140 million at the box office this weekend. >> had it not been for a difficult decision by one missouri mother a showing of the movie on sunday could have been a real life tragedy. jeff glor reports on a plot for a mass shooting. >> reporter: fans of the

twilight series flocked to theaters to see the conclusion of a love story. >> she was born, not bitten. she grows every day. >> reporter: police say blaec lammers bought his ticket intent on unleashing a shooting spree on sunday. first at this theater in boliver, and then at a walmart. the 20-year-old bought two assault rifles and 400 rounds of ammunition. his own bother tipped off authorities on thursday. the advanced planning similar to that carried out by james holmes who killed 12 and injured 58 in aurora, colorado, during a midnight showing of "the dark knight rises" in july. >> it takes courage for a family member to recognize the threat this posed and to put the safety of others ahead of the concern for her loved one. >> reporter: in court papers, lammers was described as off his

medication and described himself as, quote, quiet, kind of a loner and had homicidal thoughts. fortunately for movie goers the thoughts never turned to action. for movie premieres? >> the industry looked at aurora and said, is this a one off? since then a couple others were interdicted. now you look at another big premiere and another active shooter scenario coming together, interrupted by his mother reporting to police. but what's concerning them is there is a model of this. you get fired from your job. you come back to the workplace, open fire and people say, well, this is the actor acting out

against people who wronged them. you're isolated at school, ostracized and you see a columbine case. but with the active shooter focused on high profile event where the intended victims have nothing to do with the alleged grievances they get concerned that they are picking events simply because they are high profile and because of what fbi profilers describe as hunting behavior. they can find a confined space with limited access where they can have the victims basically trapped there. >> thank goodness for the alleged shooter's mother who stepped up and informed law enforcement. >> if you look at 98% of the cases that have been studied they say someone there, friends or family, saw the signals coming. because of what we have been seeing those people are coming forward more often. >> it's the best thing to come out of the story. people know if they see something they should come forward. >> see something, say something. >> the studies show the signs

are there. most times people say, i didn't think he'd really do it. that's to encourage this. when you look at high profile events like this and look at what we have seen in aurora, the industry is saying, are we going to get to a place where we see metal detectors at movie premieres? do we lose that as a society and as a family? too early to say. but is the copycat factor going to expand here? >> as you pointed out after aurora, how concerned was law enforcement there would be a number of other people looking to do something similar? >> they were concerned. talking to the profilerses, they say it's not that normal people see it and say, i think i will do that. other disturbed people already planning this will see another successful model that happened -- for the perpetrator -- and they will get excited and want to adapt it

into their plans. that's what we are seeing here. this case with lammers from aurora and holmes. >> you know the red light cameras that catch you if you race through an intersection? some people are calling them scameras saying the purpose isn't to make you safer but to make the cities big bucks. that controversy is next. >> 46 million americans will hit the road for thanksgiving tomorrow. peter greenberg will tell us how to make travel smooth throughout the holiday weekend. you're watching "cbs this morning." [ female announcer ] today...is the day

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enter the red light camera, the automated sentries standing watch at intersections, snapping pictures of all who venture through after the light has changed. the cameras are in use in 541 communities across 24 states and washington, d.c. >> the cameras create safer intersections. >> reporter: ray hunt the president of the houston police union. >> the red light cameras change behavior at the intersections. if the light's changing to yellow instead of hitting the gas and going through it, you hit the break and stop. >> reporter: but the cameras have critics. called scameras? >> they just scam the public. >> reporter: brothers michael and paul kubosh led a rebellion in houston. the city took them down over a year ago. >> reporter: you believe cities put them in to get the money. >> absolutely. >> only reason. >> reporter: it's estimated that

houston earned $44 million over the four years the cameras were operating. the question is do they make people safer. a federal highway administration study gave a mixed answer. at 132 intersections using red light cameras, right angle crashes, commonly known as broadsides, dropped 25%. but rear-end crashes went up 15%. >> it's not helping drivers drive more safely. >> reporter: dr. john lar sh is a public health researcher at the university of south florida. he thinks there is a better way to address red light running -- make yellow lights longer. >> increase the yellow light times has shown that red light running incidents have dropped near or around 80%. >> reporter: new york city firefighter tom buttaro knows all about it. he received a ticket after a camera caught his wife going through a red light. >> the light was 3.9 seconds when my wife went through the

intersection. i did research and the proper time is 5.4 seconds. a second and a half shorter than it's supposed to be. >> reporter: on a road with a 55 miles per hour speed limit, that didn't give her enough time to stop. buttaro said he's begun to wonder what the motive behind the red light cameras is. >> unfortunately the farther i look into it, the less

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deploying a new missile defense system. >> it's the so-called iron dome and it fires interceptor missiles to knock down enemy rockets. officials say it's been successful. yawning. watching someone else yawn causes many of us to do the same. a new study finds human yawns are contagious to dogs and the phenomenon explains why they are so catching. researchers observed the response to have dogs between 4 and 14 months playing with a person who repeatedly yawned. dogs over 7 months showed signs of contagious yawning while puppies under 7 months did not. dogs, like humans, gradually become susceptible to yawning triggered by others as they get

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take a look at this demolition over the weekend in dallas. this building which formerly housed a cotton broker brought down by explosives as they make room for -- a parking lot. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> hurricane sandy left hundreds homeless and 'tdisplaced countls animals. we'll show you pets residencued flown cross country to their homes. your local news is next.

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i'm michelle griego. one suspect is in custody and san jose police are looking for another after a violent crime spree. investigators say the two were involved in a murder as well as robberies in several parts of the city friday night. jonathan wilbanks was arrested after a shooting with police. he is now being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries and an officer was also injured. more nurses strikes are planned in the bay area tomorrow. a strike against hospitals run by sutter health is scheduled to last two days. also, a one-day strike is planned against two san jose hospitals, good samaritan and regional medical center. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,, ,,

[ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] good morning. we'll take you out towards the bay bridge. the metering lights have been on for a couple of hours or so, so it's been stacked up through the maze for a while, as well. you can see the wait behind the

pay gates about 20 to 25 minutes to get you on the bay bridge. elsewhere san mateo bridge traffic still busy in the commute direction westbound 92. they cleared a stall near the high-rise but you can see some delays heading towards foster city. here's lawrence. >> all right. got a couple of clouds, sunshine outside right now if you are heading out. let's take a look for yourself. mount vaca cam looking good. a lot of clouds in the north bay but further south we have cleared out the skies a bit temperatures in the 40s at this hour. by the afternoon, still some clouds lingering in our skies. temperatures having go stay mild, a slight chance of sprinkles north of the golden gate bridge. a better chance of rain for everyone late tuesday and tuesday night. drying things outcome wednesday, thanksgiving looks dry through the holiday weekend. ,,,,,,

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good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. and welcome back everybody to "cbs this morning." as the fighting rages on in the middle east, we'll show you israel's groundbreaking iron dome defense shield, protecting citizens from hundreds of rocket attacks. the black friday bargains may not be all they're cracked up to be. we'll show you when you should really shop for the best deals. first here is today's eye opener at 8:00. all night long israeli fighter jets and a navy warship continued a relentless bombardment on gaza. >> new attacks overnight. >> the rocket that managed to evade the iron dome enter separate tore system came through this bit of cement, penetrated and landed there. >> this morning there are c conflicting reports out of cairo that they could be close to the truce. >> cbs spoke to a source close to the hamas delegation. they say so far the talks are not going anywhere.

>> paula broadwell and her family arrived home in north carolina with questions about her affair with general petraeus still swirling around capitol hill. >> have they been able to determine that they think some of the documents she had were classified, not just old documents she used in preparing her biography of petraeus. >> where classified old or class feed yesterday, it doesn't matter. >> some real lifeblood shed was averted when a young man in missouri was planning to allegedly shoot "twilight" movie goers. >> you call them scameras. >> they scam the public. they're not for safety. >> this is a residential fire in dubai on sunday. general john allen may have to leave his job over an inappropriate e-mail to jill kelley. but his job is in afghanistan. well played. >> the eye opener at 8:00 is brought to you by the aarp.

i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. bloody fighting in the middle east intensified overnight. it is in its sixth day. israeli aircraft hit residential areas of the gaza strip destroying several homes. since the fighting began last wednesday, at least 91 palestinians have been killed. >> hamas fired hundreds of rockets into israel today including at least 12 today, one hit a school. egypt is trying to broker a truce and the prime minister said this morning i think we are close. a senior israeli official says israel is ready for a ground invasion and president obama says israel has a right to defend itself but is warning against an invasion. >> israel has a new tool in the multilayer defense system. as chip reid reports, it's credited with saving countless lives. >> reporter: in six days of fighting, roughly 850 rockets have been fired at israel from gaza. more than 300 of them interce intercepted by this.

the iron dome, israel's home-grown defense shield. operational since last year, the system is designed to protect populated areas allowing nonthreatening short range missiles to drop into opening fields or water and intercepting those headed for cities or towns. >> the iron dome has certainly been successful and given the israelis some strategic breathing space to be able to react upon their own timing and their own calculations. >> reporter: once hamas launches a missile from gaza israeli ground radars detect and track its path, relayed to a command and control center which launches the enter separate tore missile. within seconds, if all goes as planned, the hamas rocket is destroyed. there are currently five oirn dome batteries in place, the fifth deployed just outside tel aviv saturday. by sunday it was already intercepting rockets. each missile costs about $50,000. the u.s. has poured $200 million into the project with president

obama approving an additional $70 million in july. >> this is a program that has been critical in terms of providing security and safety for israeli families. >> reporter: israeli officials give the system a 90% success rate. while it may not be perfect, some analysts say without it the violence could be even worse. >> if you saw the barrage of missiles and rockets coming from gaza over the last couple of weeks actually landing in city centers, it would not just be a festering conflict that you see now, but it would be a real raging war. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," chip reid, washington. 60 dogs and cats left homeless after super storm sandy have a new lease on life today. southwest airlines and seaworld got together to rescue the animals. they arrived in san diego on saturday and will soon be put up for adoption. the pets were going to be euthani

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in tremendously self-destructive behavior. >> good morning, rebecca. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for your service. you served alongside your husband for many years. when you first heard about the general petraeus affair, were you surprised? >> it saddened me. this is very personal in my life right now, but again, this is -- i want to talk about families and the effect that the war has had on families. i'm not sure i was surprised, but it's pervasive through all ranks in our military from junior enlisted to senior. we just seem to see it more now, and the stress, this 10-year, 11-year open-ended conflict has had on families is tremendous. >> what specifically do you want people to know about military families. >> i want people to know when you marry a soldier, it's an honorable thing, but it's a hard life. especially these young soldiers that made the choice after 9/11 to join the military.

sometimes you move every one to two to three years. personally we have moved six times in 11 years. my husband has been home five years out of 11 years. our kids have changed schools six times. because of these stress sores and the shortened deployment cycles, there's not time for these families to be families. the soldiers are either deployed. they're redeploying or getting ready to deploy again. there's really no time to become a family unit. >> it's a really important point. i grew up in a military family. you make the point, even given all the stress sores, this doesnd excuse the behavior that your husband is accused of along with general petraeus. >> definitely. i feel strongly we need to look at why this could be happening. it doesn't excuse infidelity, and i just -- i felt strongly that i wanted to talk about this. because military families know that this happens. you can probably count on your

hand friends that this has happened to. but until you're in the situation you don't know what you're going to do. >> leon panetta says he wants to review the ethics standards. what do you hope or think should come of that? >> i think it's important that we look at all the situations and take them seriously because they need to be looked into. what i can say about that is i do think that in my situation my husband was shown last week at trial that the charges that -- the things he was charged with, several of them were shown -- evidence came out, positive evidence that there were hundreds of text messages, hundreds of journal entries that showed it, even as painful as it is to me and hurtful that it was a consensual affair. he even took two polygraphs and scored a ten on them. >> that he passed. you write he hurt you tremendously but you're still able -- you're saying you

support and believe in him. how were the two of you able? i know it's not a one size fits all. how were you able to move forward? >> again, this is very public. most times when this happens, it's a personal issue that you deal with in your personal lives. ours is not the case, and so we're doing the best that we can do to try to mend our marriage. and we know -- i really have faith -- we're an army family and i have faith the army is going to do the right thing. they'll see this for what it is and they'll drop the charges and let us go on with our lives. >> rebecca, thank you very much for sharing your store richlt you certainly touched a nerve. >> thank you, thank you very much for having me. the day after thanksgiving is considered a day for consumers to save and retailers to, you know, cash in. it turns out that the biggest bargains may not come on black friday. rebecca jarvis is here next to break it all down. you're watching cbs. >> announcer: this portion of thbs this morning sponsored by

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black friday is always one of the busiest shopping days of the year. this year, many stores are not waiting. they are offering big savings now and millions of americans plan to hunt for the bargains. rebecca jarvis has advice on finding the best prices. good morning. i'm listening. >> the frenzy is upon us, gayle. thanks to new technology and loads of retail tracking, getting the most bang for your buck is now down to a science. the average holiday shopper will spend about $750 on gifts, decor and greeting cards this year according to the national retail federation. it turns out shopping for those items on black friday isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be. [ cheers ] >> reporter: the day after thanksgiving usually looks like this. but a new study by the online

research company decide.com says the mayhem doesn't have to be. >> our advice for consumers is to sleep in on black friday. the best deals are before black friday or after. >> reporter: yes, you heard it right. black friday is not what it used to be. >> a common misconception is black friday is a great time to buy across categories. that's really not the case. only 30% of products we looked at as far as doorbusters were a good deal on black friday. >> reporter: decide researched consumer buying trends over six years and found certain products are cheaper at different times of year. high end luxury items are less expensive early in the year. buy now and save $40 on this michael kors handbag, a hundred on this camera and over $700 on this tv. laptops seemed to get cheaper later in the holiday season. so if you wait for december, you could save $50 on this sony

laptop or $80 on this samsung model. buying online is cheaper. >> if you want to shop, you can find the best deals online. between 16% and 44% on average is what we found it's cheaper online across categories we looked at. >> reporter: but the early bird gets the worm rule of black friday still applies according to shopittome. >> the best time to shop online is early in the morning. >> reporter: why is that? >> retailers put their sales up first thing in the morning. that's how most of the retailers work. that's when the most inventory goes out and the price first changes. >> reporter: despite the trends black friday is still a day where great deals can be have. >> anything video game related is a great deal on black friday and home fitness equipment. >> reporter: sure enough, you can save $80 on this xbox and $30 on this iron gym. but the watch words for this

holiday season are -- start early and do your homework. >> it's no longer just black friday and cyber monday. i consider it thanksgiving week. we are now seeing a lot of thanksgiving day sales and sometimes even wednesday sales. start early. >> consumers have more information at their fingertips than ever before. my advice and my hope is that they are doing their research to get the best deal because it's never been as competitive as it is now for their business. >> to compete for the business, retailers like walmart, target and best buy are offering deals later this week on rarely discounted brands like apple. gayle, the bottom line is some of the brands never go on sale. when a brand never goes on sale and it does on black friday, that's the time to buy. >> i love the woman going, this is the best! and your piece starts out with black friday is not what it used to b. people are saying, what are you talking about, willis?

>> exactly. the fact that the deals are more online than in stores people still like to go to the stores. 147 million people are supposed to hit the stores this weekend for black friday. >> that's part of the fun. is there any technology you can use while in the store to help out? >> yes. a lot of stores are doing price matching. if you find it online you can go to the cashier and say, i found it online for a lesser price. red laser is an app every expert i talked to about how to get the best bang for your buck is using. take a picture of the item. it call up the lowest price so you know if you are buying it in a store that you can get the lowest price. >> i found it o,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald hi, everyone. good morning. 8:tour:25 your time.

a $10,000 reward being offered to find a suspect in a deadly crime spree in san jose. one man was caught friday night after a series of robberies. the police chase and shooting and carjacking attempt left a man dead. the accomplice is still on the run. menlo park police are looking for suspects in the city's second murder this year. a 42-year-old man was shot to death saturday night as he sat in a car with a woman on ivy drive. police say the suspects took the woman's purse then ran in separate directions. >> and a new apology from the bishop of san jose after a registered sex offender was allowed to volunteer at a school festival. and now the church and sheriff's office are trying to figure out how he got written permission for the event last month at saint francis cabrini school in the south bay. got your traffic and weather coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. marin county commute starting to slow now southbound 101 because of an accident. no details but one lane is blocked. slowing to 37 in novato. looks good toward the golden gate bridge. live look at san francisco across the span. also, along the peninsula, southbound 101 approaching peninsula avenue. we have an accident there. you can see slowing in both directions of 101. 280 not too bad.

and the nimitz here's a live look outside. 880 through oakland. seeing our usual delays past the oakland coliseum. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> all right. weather outside looking good. couple of clouds, a little sunshine outside heading out there now. temperatures fairly mild out at the beach, you have that sunshine out toward ocean beach now. a few high clouds overhead. most of those clouds lingering into the north bay. but temperatures running in the 50s. by the afternoon lots of clouds over the top of a ridge of high pressure so partly cloudy skies around the bay area, mostly cloudy probably in the north bay even a slight chance of a couple of light sprinkles and light showers there, as well. temperatures should stay in the 60s for highs. the next couple of days those storm clouds return. chance of rain developing late in the day tomorrow, drying out wednesday and thanksgiving. ,, ,,,,,,

one woman stands at the center of it all. jill kelly seen leaving her home. first reported the mistress of general petraeus after broadwell sent several threatening e-mails to mrs. kelley seen here in the same clip doing the same thing because it is the only footage we have of her. the same jill kelley seen her in a cnn dramtzation. [ laughter ] let's take a break. when we return, much more on socialite jill kelley seen here from outer space. you're watching "the situation room." >> they do have a way of putting things in perspective, poking fun at all of us in the media.

welcome back to "cbs this morning." when the water cooler talk gets going about the petraeus sex scandal people agree that it would make a great hollywood movie. >> hollywood isn't sure yet. carter evans explains why. >> reporter: the david petraeus scandal seems to have all the elements of a juicy hollywood tell-all. an heroic family man at the height of his powers, his affair with a young, beautiful biographer in war-torn afghanistan brought down by her jealous cyber stalking of a potential rival. it practically screams "coming to a theater near you" but something is missing. >> it's impos to belie poablpos the movie is without knowing how it ends. >> reporter: the current front runner of the oscars argo which tells the level of the hostage crisis. >> the level of excitement and thrills, to me the fact that it's a true story can compete

with any fictional story out there. we rarely get those stories. >> just got off the phone with the white house. >> reporter: "all the president's man" and "charlie wilson's war" were examples of what worked. secrets behind the political offices in the country. does the petraeus story do that? >> the story has to be bigger than the two people involved. that's why you didn't see the eliot spitzer story or the anthony weiner story. >> when was the last time you saw direction but possibly. >> reporter: if it does you can be sure hollywood will try to turn petraeus's downfall into a box office windfall. for cbs this morning, carter

evans, hollywood. >> if hollywood does get around to making a movie about petraeus they may want to turn to our next guest. david balducci's novel became a 1997 film starring and directed by clint eastwood. he's now out with his 25th book called "the forgotten" featuring the popular character army special agent john puller. david, welcome. >> thank you. >> we saw a great piece about whether hollywood is interested in the petraeus story. do you think it would make a good novel, a good movie? >> i hope not. it's just a black mark against the military and the united states. it has such a bad effect on family, all the people it left behind. no. we should move on and do something else. not that. >> a lot of the books center on washington and government stuff. what makes a good political thriller? >> there is corruption out there. i look across the river from

virginia. i have too many ideas to write about. people are intrigued about power, high stakes. they want to see people knocked off the pedestal as well. people just have this idea that power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely. it's intriguing. they want to look behind the curtain and see how the sausage is made. they know something is going wrong. >> is there more intrigue in washington than in the past? >> think so. if you look at the last election cycle we were inundated but people are focused on d.c. because so much power, the impact on their lives emanates from that city. at least if you listen to talk

radio it's that way. they are definitely influenced by what happens. >> and i look at "homeland". >> oh, yeah. forgotten". >> i forgot it was the 25th. >> do you mind if i hold it up? >> please do. >> it keels with human trafficking which, to me, was a new topic for you. >> you try to stretch. i asked the question how to do it differently with each book, not how i did it the last time. it's like the under ground railroad in reverse. we are taking people to enslave them. you would think it was 150 years ago, it's not. >> it's in the united states as well. >> absolutely. it's all about money, profit. >> christoph writes about it as well. >> does a great job. >> set it up for people. >> the investigator gets a lett is something going on in paradise, florida. i was stunned no one used this town and i was able to use it. my idea of it's beautiful, pristine and perfect but if you scratch the underbelly it's

dirty andxploits people. nothing is what it seems to be. he goes down to find out what's wrong. his aunt is dead and he's thrown into a mystery of why she was killed and who is behind it. he has a lot of skill in this. he knows it's not just an accident. >> fascinating to see his training at work. in the novel you talk about the lack of emotion in men which i thought was really interesting the way you did it. are you trying to say something to us? >> i think our society doesn't allow men to show emotions readily. certainly not in the military. that's not part of the training. you're not supposed to cry. you are supposed to keep it inside. that has problems, too. it can blow up. >> looking for release. >> our society doesn't allow that. it hampers men. makes them less than three dimensional. >> what does john puller look like in your mind? who do you see? >> he's a big guy. he's sort of ramrod straight. on the surface himself -- and

this is another idea of what's on the surface. he seems almost perfect, this machine. underneath he has a lot of baggage, a lot to deal with. at some point the cracks come to the surface and you will see things happen. >> i think people are attracted by the idea of vulnerability. >> every character i write about is flawed. i write in the world of gray, not black and white. >> thank you very much. "the forgotten" is available today, just in time for the holidays. >> how about that? >> you didn't plan it, did you? >> no, no. i swear. >> it's hard to conceive of today given the visibility of women in politics but the vast majority weren't given the right to vote until 1920. we'll see how world war 1 and,,,

a record number of women were electedo a record number of women were elected to congress this month. so it may be hard to imagine

that 100 years ago most women weren't allowed to vote. in her first novel, frances osbourne focuses on that explosive time in history when women fought or the they're voting rights. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the book in a moment, but first, we see a different congress this year. we now have 20 women in the united states senate and a lot of women in the house of representatives. but still not -- doesn't match the u.s. population. >> it's a fantastic achievement senate and nancy pelosi was totally right to congratulate that. but what was interesting she pointed out we had to go further. >> in "park lane" you go back to world war i. toll us about that. >> that was a seminal moment of change for women's rights. there was the suffrage -- the women's suffrage campaign was really reaching the height.

they were burning down buildings, chaining themselves to railings. one went and slashed a painting, but when the war came this was the real moment in which came into their open own because the men went off to fight and the women stepped into men's jobs. this was tremendously empowering for them. they were driving ambulances at the front, some were even going into the trenches and administering care. >> you said there was somewhat of a sexual revolution. >> there was. i feel a sexual revolution is very emancipating for women. but what happens, the soldiers were fighting in france, they were so close they could get to england for a week or two and the duty to remain a virgin until you got married became outweighed to give everything to the soldiers who came on leave.

there was respectable and virtuous women who were giving themselves to soldier after soldier, day after day. >> i didn't know that phrase, kha khaki fever. >> yes. a great phrase. women were going mad for men in uniform. they were going absolutely mad. this happened particularly at the first when women weren't allowed to do the men's job, and it was their way of joining in, you know? as good as they could get. >> i still think though when you look back and realize especially in the united states, 1920, the 19th amendment that now in 2012 that women still while they have made great progress in terms of elected office, that we still have so few women here in the congress. we haven't had a female leader. we have had it in england. >> yeah, i wonder what they would think now, and feel that we should have come further. one of the things that's

happened, i think we have become complacent of women. we forget to stay still we need to paddle forward. look at the planned parenthood, we have forgotten how women have fought to get change. >> women are more than the majority of the voting population in the united states. some 53% of the electorate. some people say they decide the election. there are 50% of the work force. why isn't there more representation do you think in these political positions of power and even in business positions? >> well, i think it's -- you know, women find it much harder than men to make progress. there is still i believe a natural prejudice against women. women have to be twice as good as a man. in england we tackle some of the problem in parliament by having all women in areas, could only choose a women. but in europe, what they're doing now is talking in the corporate world by saying you

have to have 40% of the corporate board has to be women. >> in norway. >> and e.u. said this is a recommendation throughout the e.u. throughout europe, that by 2020 it should be 40% women on a board to be a publicly listed company. >> there are quotas in the european union. i don't know if the united states would ever do that or could do something like that, but it's interesting to see that europe is doing that. >> it is. the great question is do you believe in positive discrimination or not? and i think it's necessary because i do think that women have to be twice as good as men to reach the same level and you need that positive discrimination to equal out the opportunity. >> well, it's a great book, "park lane" comes as there's lots of interest in that period. certainly as we watch the new women in the united states congress. frances osborne, thank you very much. if you can afford a $1 million watch, we'll show you

where you can find one? later on "cbs this morning" we'll take you inside the mouth-watering decadence and the eye watering prices of international watch collections. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

♪ time is on my side ♪ yes, it is yes, it is. if you do a google search for the phrase "cheap watches" you can find time pieces that work for under $5. but at an event in geneva, switzerland you need deep pockets to buy some special time pieces.

>> reporter: it's a status symbol like no other. a look at me that's, well, timeless. >> the nice thing about watches, it's the only item you can collect and carry it with you all day long. even with a car at the end of the day you can drive it but you have to park it and go upstairs. >> reporter: those serious about watcheses come to geneva in switzerland, the home of watch making. the most prestigious maker in the world is a family run business that's been making watches since 1851. [ speaking french ] >> reporter: a place where time really is money. how much money do i need to buy a watch here? >> prices range, i would say, between $350,000 u.s. to $1.3 million u.s. those watches you see on the windows you can't buy them. first, you order them. you have to wait probably between two and three years

before getting them. >> reporter: right. >> you have to be patient. >> reporter: this is a former new york lawyer who runs a geneva-based auction house dealing exclusively in watches. he says collectors' patience is being tested by investors who want to buy and sell rare watches to turn a profit. >> manufacturers aren't happy to be used as investment. especially modern watches. they don't want dealers to buy the watches, turn around and sell them at a higher price to people who don't want to be on a waiting list, for example. >> reporter: so geneva turns over high end hotels to the world of high end time pieces. >> this auction is one of several in geneva where the top watch collectors gather to do battle with online bids, hoping to buy up one of 600 rare time pieces. everything we have seen today is sold for thousands of dollars. often tens of thousands and

sometimes hundreds of thousands. >> reporter: investors go toe to toe betting big bucks on the biggest names. claude faire is a jeweler from lebanon. together with his son he'll make the rounds at the auction. >> any piece i want to buy, i never stop. because i studied the piece before. when i buy, i buy. >> reporter: those who can afford a time piece or more, buying isn't about the money. in fact it's not always about the watches. >> the excitement is to beat everybody, to break everybody. >> $407,000. [ applause ] >> reporter: with the competition broken, he won his

prize for a mere $436,000. the auction raised over $8 million in a single day, a small contribution to a global wristwatch market that could clear over $46 billion this year. for the true collector it's more about looking back than forward. >> today with everybody having a phone, everybody having a phone that has the time, people still appreciate the fact that these watches are handmade. it takes an incredible amount of skill to create it, an incredible amount of time to create. people appreciate the work that goes into the watches. >> reporter: well, most people. >> what does your wife say when she finds out how spent this much money on a watch? >> she told my father, "he would sell the family and buy watches." >> reporter: ge me tgeneva, switzerland. >> all the fuss isn't about the watches but the ego. >> beautiful craftsesmanship.

this is the watch i wear. >> here's the question. you can have a watch or a house and a couple of cars. it's really a matter of personal taste. >> is there anything like watches? you were talking about sunglasses on the break. >> i don't understand. people have a great fascination with watches and have more than one. i wear the same one every day. what does that mean? >> you're a simple, good person. >> frugal. >> that does it for us this morning. up next, your local news. we'll see you tomorrow right here on "cbs this morning." see you then. >> take it easy. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

headlines... a judge could deci >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. good morning, everyone. it's 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat with your cbs 5 headlines on this monday.

a judge could decide today whether one goh is mentally competent to be tried for murder. he was arrested in april for the murder of 7 people at oikos university in oakland. psychiatrists who examined him will report to the court this afternoon. a vigil in hayward today to remember michaela garecht, 9 years old when she was kidnapped on mission boulevard 24 years ago this morning. a bone fragment found earlier this year is being tested to see if it came from that missing girl. >> and pickets scheduled to go up tonight at oakland international airport. the service employees international union planning a 24-hour strike at the airport and the port of oakland. that strike at the airport begins at 9 p.m. tonight. workers say they have not had a new contract now for 16 months. it's monday. we're pushing into the holiday. how about your forecast? here's lawrence. >> yeah. we are looking good to start out this monday, too. a few clouds with a mix of sun and clouds around the bay area today. looking out toward the golden gate bridge right now, you can see some clouds lingering there

toward the marin headlands. otherwise, we have a lot of sunshine, further south temperatures in the 50s right now. i think by the afternoon, skies will see some clouds moving through. a little sunshine bringing those temperatures mainly into the 60s. still a slight chance we could see sprinkles or light showers north of the golden gate bridge. otherwise dry. that could change tomorrow. storm clouds late in the day. dry weather expected for thanksgiving. we're going to check your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. if you are heading across the golden gate bridge, a little busy right now in those southbound lanes as you head towards doyle drive. another slow spot, the silicon valley commute. westbound 238 this is in milpitas near the 880/237 interchange. right now about a 10-minute drive on westbound 237 between 880 and 101. fortunately no big incidents. an earlier problem southbound 101 along the peninsula, that is now cleared and so now we are seeing slowing in both directions. have a great day. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, ,,,,,,

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